Here is how you can run a PowerPoint presentation from Excel, with the below macro named “PowerPointSlideshow”. This macro is also in the downloadable workbook named “RunPowerPointExample” through a link at the top of this blog entry, which runs a slideshow from your PowerPoint presentation. A PowerPoint presentation example that accompanies this Excel workbook’s macro can also be downloaded from the above link.

When the slideshow is completed, you can hit the Esc key or click anywhere on the screen to show the presentation which will still be open. I placed notes in the macro to explain what the code is doing along the way, and to indicate where you can adjust the PowerPoint presentation’s name, path location, and slide viewing time.

The accompanying downloadable presentation contains 3 slides, each shown for 5 seconds that will look like the following 3 pictures: